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Principal Silicon Architect

United States, California, Mountain View💼 Full-time💰 $142,800–$142,800🗓 2026-09-02 → 2026-09-25

Core

Provide technical leadership for early architecture definition and specification of Network-on-Chip (NoC), memory/interconnect subsystems for high-performance AI and compute SoCs.

Role type

Principal Silicon Architect

Builds

High-performance AI and compute System-on-Chips (SoCs)

Domain

Semiconductor / Hardware Architecture

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

ASIC and SoC development, Network-on-Chip (NoC) architecture, memory hierarchy design, system-level address mapping, third-party IP evaluation, performance modeling, pre-silicon validation, post-silicon bring-up, cross-functional technical reviews

Preferred skills

Security implementation, die-to-die interconnect, debug, telemetry, boot/reset, RAS

Technologies

Silicon Engineering, IC5

Responsibilities

Define system-level address maps and SoC connectivity, translate product performance objectives into scalable architectures, drive technical evaluations for silicon technologies and vendor solutions, partner with modeling teams to identify bottlenecks, guide design and verification teams, support validation and characterization activities, resolve complex architectural issues

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic oversight

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